Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia
Sustainability assessment frameworks often fall short of elucidating context-specific conflicts inherent in planning practice and its contribution to diverse sustainability priorities. This study explores the integration of priorities and principles associated with sustainability in the spatial plan...
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| description | Sustainability assessment frameworks often fall short of elucidating context-specific conflicts inherent in planning practice and its contribution to diverse sustainability priorities. This study explores the integration of priorities and principles associated with sustainability in the spatial planning of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk. It also investigates how conflicting priorities manifest in the city's development. The research involves exploratory interviews with planning stakeholders, an analysis of General Plan iterations, and profiling of two expanding residential areas. Contrasting cases of residential growth untangle tensions between environmental, development, and social dimensions, emphasizing the prioritization of specific aspects over others. The study underscores that these tensions are intricately linked to historical, political, planning, and governance contexts and reflect the complexities of urban development politics. Despite planning documents encompassing a range of principles associated with sustainable planning, current practices prioritize specific dimensions but contradict others. A targeted emphasis on specific sustainability aspects may obscure interests in particular development types and equity compromises. This study raises concerns about the effectiveness of normative evaluations of sustainable planning, overlooking conflicting dimensions evident in practice. It calls for a more in-depth examination of how principles are valued, prioritized, and compromised in specific contexts. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1575502024-11-16T04:02:15Z Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia Durova, Aleksandra Ryan, Brent D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Sustainability assessment frameworks often fall short of elucidating context-specific conflicts inherent in planning practice and its contribution to diverse sustainability priorities. This study explores the integration of priorities and principles associated with sustainability in the spatial planning of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk. It also investigates how conflicting priorities manifest in the city's development. The research involves exploratory interviews with planning stakeholders, an analysis of General Plan iterations, and profiling of two expanding residential areas. Contrasting cases of residential growth untangle tensions between environmental, development, and social dimensions, emphasizing the prioritization of specific aspects over others. The study underscores that these tensions are intricately linked to historical, political, planning, and governance contexts and reflect the complexities of urban development politics. Despite planning documents encompassing a range of principles associated with sustainable planning, current practices prioritize specific dimensions but contradict others. A targeted emphasis on specific sustainability aspects may obscure interests in particular development types and equity compromises. This study raises concerns about the effectiveness of normative evaluations of sustainable planning, overlooking conflicting dimensions evident in practice. It calls for a more in-depth examination of how principles are valued, prioritized, and compromised in specific contexts. 2024-11-15T19:09:09Z 2024-11-15T19:09:09Z 2024-03-29 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157550 Durova, Aleksandra and Ryan, Brent D. 2024. "Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia." Habitat International, 147. en_US https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103067 Habitat International Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier Author |
| spellingShingle | Durova, Aleksandra Ryan, Brent D. Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia |
| title | Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia |
| title_full | Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia |
| title_fullStr | Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia |
| title_short | Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia |
| title_sort | contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning the case of the sub arctic city of yakutsk russia |
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